Body size, age and paternity in common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 195-202

  Clinchy, M ^a,c   Taylor, A C ^b   Zanette, L Y ^c   Krebs, C J ^a   Jarman, P J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dimorphism; Marsupial; Microsatellites; Paternity; Sexual size

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; LONGEVITY; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LONGEVITY; MARSUPIALIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEW SOUTH WALES; REPRODUCTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX RATIO;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642483697     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02029.x     Document Type: Article

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